CN116134873A - Sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions - Google Patents

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications. In some aspects, a User Equipment (UE) may receive configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE. The UE may perform a first measurement and a second measurement in a measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements. The UE may transmit measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Description

Sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions

Cross Reference to Related Applications

This patent application claims priority from greek patent application No.20200100433, entitled "SHARING MEASUREMENT GAPS FOR MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS," filed on even 23, 7/2020, and assigned to the assignee of the present application. The disclosure of the prior application is considered to be part of the present patent application and is incorporated by reference into the present patent application.

Technical Field

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatus for sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions.

Background

Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcast. A typical wireless communication system may employ multiple-access techniques capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.). Examples of such multiple-access techniques include Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems, time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems, frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) systems, single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE). LTE/LTE-advanced is an enhanced set of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standards promulgated by the third generation partnership project (3 GPP).

A wireless network may include a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) capable of supporting communication for a plurality of User Equipments (UEs). The UE may communicate with the BS via the downlink and uplink. "downlink" (or "forward link") refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE, and "uplink" (or "reverse link") refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS. As will be described in more detail herein, a BS may be referred to as a node B, gNB, an Access Point (AP), a radio head, a transmission-reception point (TRP), a New Radio (NR) BS, a 5G node B, and the like.

The above multiple access techniques have been employed in various telecommunications standards to provide a common protocol that enables different user devices to communicate at the urban, national, regional, and even global levels. NR (which may also be referred to as 5G) is an enhanced set of LTE mobile standards promulgated by 3 GPP. NR is designed to better integrate with other open standards by improving spectral efficiency, reducing costs, improving services, utilizing new spectrum, and using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with Cyclic Prefix (CP) on the Downlink (DL) (CP-OFDM), CP-OFDM and/or SC-FDM on the Uplink (UL) (e.g., also known as discrete fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)), to better support mobile broadband internet access, as well as support beamforming, multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation. As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to grow, further improvements to LTE, NR, and other wireless access technologies remain useful.

Disclosure of Invention

In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a User Equipment (UE) includes: receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, a method of wireless communication performed by a base station comprises: transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, a UE for wireless communication includes: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, a base station for wireless communication includes: a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to: transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication comprises: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a UE, cause the one or more processors to: receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication comprises: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the one or more processors to: transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication comprises: means for receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the device; means for performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and means for transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

In some aspects, an apparatus for wireless communication comprises: means for transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for a UE; means for transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and means for receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

Aspects include, in general terms, methods, apparatus, systems, computer program products, non-transitory computer readable media, user devices, base stations, wireless communication devices, and/or processing systems as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings and description.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples in accordance with the present disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described below. The disclosed concepts and specific examples may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. The features of the concepts disclosed herein (both as to their organization and method of operation) together with the associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended as a definition of the limits of the claims.

While aspects are described in this application by way of illustration of some examples, those skilled in the art will appreciate that such aspects may be implemented in many different arrangements and scenarios. The innovations described herein may be implemented using different platform types, devices, systems, shapes, sizes, and/or packaging arrangements. For example, aspects may be implemented via integrated chip embodiments and other non-module component based devices (e.g., end user devices, vehicles, communication devices, computing devices, industrial devices, retail/purchasing devices, medical devices, or artificial intelligence enabled devices). Aspects may be implemented in a chip-level component, a modular component, a non-chip-level component, a device-level component, or a system-level component. Devices incorporating the described aspects and features may include additional components and features for implementation and implementation of the claimed and described aspects. For example, the transmission and reception of wireless signals may include a number of components for analog and digital purposes (e.g., hardware components including antennas, radio Frequency (RF) chains, power amplifiers, modulators, buffers, processors, interleavers, adders, or adders). The innovations described herein are intended to be implemented in a variety of devices, chip-scale components, systems, distributed arrangements, or end-user devices having different sizes, shapes, and configurations.

Drawings

So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present disclosure can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to aspects, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only certain typical aspects of this disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the description may admit to other equally effective aspects. The same reference numbers in different drawings may identify the same or similar elements.

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a base station communicates with a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless network according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration and performance of measurements in a measurement gap set according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration and measurement having a plurality of measurements in a measurement gap according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of multiple measurements within a measurement gap according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 6-7 are diagrams illustrating example processes associated with sharing measurement gaps for multiple measurements in accordance with the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various aspects of the disclosure are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. This disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or in combination with any other aspect of the disclosure. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. Furthermore, the scope of the present disclosure is intended to cover such an apparatus or method that is practiced using other structure, functionality, or both in addition to and other than the various aspects of the present disclosure set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect of the disclosure disclosed herein may be embodied by one or more elements of the claims.

Several aspects of a telecommunications system will now be presented with reference to various apparatus and techniques. These devices and techniques will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as "elements"). These elements may be implemented using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

It should be noted that while aspects may be described herein using terms commonly associated with 5G or NR Radio Access Technologies (RATs), aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to other RATs, such as 3G RATs, 4G RATs, and/or RATs after 5G (e.g., 6G).

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless network 100 according to the present disclosure. The wireless network 100 may be or may include elements of a 5G (NR) network and/or an LTE network, among other examples. Wireless network 100 may include a plurality of base stations 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110 d) and other network entities. A Base Station (BS) is an entity that communicates with User Equipment (UE) and may also be referred to as an NR BS, node B, gNB, 5G Node B (NB), access point, transmission-reception point (TRP), etc. Each BS may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" can refer to a coverage area of a BS and/or a BS subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

The BS may provide communication coverage for a macrocell, a picocell, a femtocell, and/or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. The pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a residence) and may allow limited access by UEs having an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)). The BS for the macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. The BS for the pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. The BS for the femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in fig. 1, BS 110a may be a macro BS for macro cell 102a, BS 110b may be a pico BS for pico cell 102b, and BS 110c may be a femto BS for femto cell 102 c. The BS may support one or more (e.g., three) cells. The terms "eNB", "base station", "NR BS", "gNB", "TRP", "AP", "node B", "5G NB" and "cell" may be used interchangeably herein.

In some aspects, the cells may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cells may be moved according to the location of the mobile BS. In some aspects, BSs may be interconnected to each other and/or to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces, such as direct physical connections or virtual networks, using any suitable transport network.

The wireless network 100 may also include relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or UE) and send the data transmissions to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or BS). The relay station may also be a UE capable of relaying transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown in fig. 1, relay BS 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120 d. The relay BS may also be referred to as a relay station, a relay base station, a relay, etc.

The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of BSs (such as macro BS, pico BS, femto BS, relay BS, etc.). These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different effects on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, a macro BS may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 watts), while pico BSs, femto BSs, and relay BSs may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 watts).

The network controller 130 may be coupled to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for the BSs. The network controller 130 may communicate with the BS via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicate with each other directly or indirectly via a wireless or wired backhaul.

UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120 c) may be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UE may also be called an access terminal, mobile station, subscriber unit, station, etc. The UE may be a cellular telephone (e.g., a smart phone), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) station, a tablet device, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, a super book, a medical device or apparatus, a biometric sensor/device, a wearable device (smart watch, smart garment, smart glasses, smart wristband, smart jewelry (e.g., smart finger ring, smart bracelet, etc.), an entertainment device (e.g., music or video device, or satellite radio unit, etc.), a vehicle component or sensor, a smart meter/sensor, an industrial manufacturing device, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

Some UEs may be considered Machine Type Communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) UEs. MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, and/or location tags, which may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., a remote device), or some other entity. The wireless node may provide a connection to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as the internet or a cellular network) or to a network, for example, via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may be considered internet of things (IoT) devices and/or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices. Some UEs may be considered Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). UE 120 may be included within a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as processor components and/or memory components. In some aspects, the processor component and the memory component may be coupled together. For example, a processor component (e.g., one or more processors) and a memory component (e.g., memory) may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, and/or electrically coupled.

In general, any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc. The frequency may also be referred to as a carrier wave, a frequency channel, etc. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographical area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

In some aspects, two or more UEs 120 (e.g., shown as UE 120a and UE 120 e) may communicate directly using one or more side-uplink channels (e.g., without using base station 110 as an intermediary in communicating with each other). For example, UE 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (e.g., which may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol, etc.), and/or a mesh network. In this case, UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and/or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by base station 110.

Devices of the wireless network 100 may communicate using the electromagnetic spectrum, which may be subdivided into various categories, bands, channels, etc., based on frequency or wavelength. For example, devices of wireless network 100 may communicate using an operating frequency band having a first frequency range (FR 1) (which may span from 410MHz to 7.125 GHz) and/or may communicate using an operating frequency band having a second frequency range (FR 2) (which may span from 24.25GHz to 52.6 GHz). The frequency between FR1 and FR2 is sometimes referred to as the intermediate frequency. Although a portion of FR1 is greater than 6GHz, FR1 is commonly referred to as the "below 6GHz" band. Similarly, FR2 is commonly referred to as the "millimeter wave" frequency band, although it is distinct from the Extremely High Frequency (EHF) frequency band (30 GHz-300 GHz) identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as the "millimeter wave" frequency band. Thus, unless explicitly stated otherwise, it is to be understood that the terms "below 6GHz," "if used herein," and the like may broadly refer to frequencies less than 6GHz, frequencies within FR1, and/or intermediate frequencies (e.g., greater than 7.125 GHz). Similarly, unless explicitly stated otherwise, it should be understood that the term "millimeter wave" or the like (if used herein) may broadly refer to frequencies within the EHF band, frequencies within FR2, and/or intermediate frequencies (e.g., less than 24.25 GHz). It is contemplated that the frequencies included in FR1 and FR2 may be modified and that the techniques described herein are applicable to those modified frequency ranges.

As noted above, fig. 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from the examples described with respect to fig. 1.

Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station 110 in a wireless network 100 in communication with a UE 120 in accordance with the present disclosure. Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234T, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252R, where in general T is 1 and R is 1.

At base station 110, transmit processor 220 may receive data for one or more UEs from data source 212, select one or more Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs) for each UE based at least in part on a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-Static Resource Partitioning Information (SRPI)) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, and/or upper layer signaling), as well as provide overhead symbols and control symbols. The transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or demodulation reference signals (DMRS)) and synchronization signals (e.g., primary Synchronization Signals (PSS) or Secondary Synchronization Signals (SSS)). A Transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T Modulators (MODs) 232a through 232T. Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232T may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234T, respectively.

At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station 110 and/or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols. MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254R, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and provide detected symbols. Receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to controller/processor 280. The term "controller/processor" may refer to one or more controllers, one or more processors, or a combination thereof. The channel processor may determine a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) parameter, a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) parameter, a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) parameter, and/or a CQI parameter, among other examples. In some aspects, one or more components of UE 120 may be included in housing 284.

The network controller 130 may include a communication unit 294, a controller/processor 290, and a memory 292. The network controller 130 may comprise, for example, one or more devices in a core network. The network controller 130 may communicate with the base station 110 via a communication unit 294.

Antennas (e.g., antennas 234a through 234t and/or antennas 252a through 252 r) may include or be included within: one or more antenna panels, antenna groups, sets of antenna elements, and/or antenna arrays, among other examples. The antenna panel, antenna group, antenna element set, and/or antenna array may include one or more antenna elements. The antenna panel, antenna group, antenna element set, and/or antenna array may include a coplanar antenna element set and/or a non-coplanar antenna element set. The antenna panel, antenna group, antenna element set, and/or antenna array may include antenna elements within a single housing and/or antenna elements within multiple housings. The antenna panel, antenna group, antenna element set, and/or antenna array may include one or more antenna elements coupled to one or more transmit and/or receive components, such as one or more components of fig. 2.

On the uplink, at UE 120, transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from data source 262 and control information from controller/processor 280 (e.g., for reports including RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ and/or CQI). Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for discrete fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) or CP-OFDM), and transmitted to base station 110. In some aspects, a modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD/DEMOD 254) of UE 120 may be included in the modem of UE 120. In some aspects, UE 120 includes a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antennas 252, modulators and/or demodulators 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, and/or TX MIMO processor 266. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller/processor 280) and memory 282 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein, e.g., as described with reference to fig. 3-7.

At base station 110, uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators 232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 (if applicable), and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. The receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to a controller/processor 240. The base station 110 may include a communication unit 244 and communicate with the network controller 130 via the communication unit 244. Base station 110 may include a scheduler 246 to schedule UEs 120 for downlink and/or uplink communications. In some aspects, a modulator and demodulator (e.g., MOD/DEMOD 232) of base station 110 may be included in the modem of base station 110. In some aspects, the base station 110 comprises a transceiver. The transceiver may include any combination of antennas 234, modulators and/or demodulators 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, and/or TX MIMO processor 230. The transceiver may be used by a processor (e.g., controller/processor 240) and memory 242 to perform aspects of any of the methods described herein (e.g., as described with reference to fig. 3-7).

The controller/processor 240 of the base station 110, the controller/processor 280 of the UE 120, and/or any other component in fig. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component in fig. 2 may perform or direct operations such as process 600 of fig. 6, process 700 of fig. 7, and/or other processes as described herein. Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively. In some aspects, memory 242 and/or memory 282 may include non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more instructions (e.g., code and/or program code) for wireless communication. For example, the one or more instructions, when executed by one or more processors of base station 110 and/or UE 120 (e.g., directly, or after compilation, conversion, and/or interpretation), may cause the one or more processors, UE 120, and/or base station 110 to perform or direct operations such as process 600 of fig. 6, process 700 of fig. 7, and/or other processes as described herein. In some aspects, executing instructions may include executing instructions, converting instructions, compiling instructions, and/or interpreting instructions, among other examples.

In some aspects, UE 120 may include: means for receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for a UE; a unit for performing a first measurement and a second measurement in a measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; means for transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement; etc. In some aspects, such units may include one or more components of UE 120 described in connection with fig. 2, such as controller/processor 280, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, MOD 254, antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, and the like.

In some aspects, the base station 110 may include: means for transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for a UE; means for transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating to perform a first measurement and a second measurement in a measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; means for receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement; etc. In some aspects, such units may include one or more components of base station 110 described in connection with fig. 2, such as antennas 234, DEMOD 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller/processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antennas 234, and the like.

Although the blocks in fig. 2 are shown as distinct components, the functionality described above with respect to the blocks may be implemented in a single hardware, software, or combined component, or in various combinations of components. For example, the functions described with respect to transmit processor 264, receive processor 258, and/or TX MIMO processor 266 may be performed by or under the control of controller/processor 280.

As noted above, fig. 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from the example described with respect to fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example 300 of the configuration and performance of measurements in a measurement gap set according to the present disclosure. As shown, example 300 includes a UE and a BS. The UE may perform various measurements during operation, such as Radio Resource Management (RRM) measurements (e.g., inter-cell RRM measurements or intra-cell RRM measurements), positioning measurements (e.g., based at least in part on Positioning Reference Signals (PRS)), and so forth. Example 300 describes how UE 120 may be configured with a measurement configuration and a measurement object indicating measurements to be performed according to the measurement configuration.

As shown by reference numeral 310, the BS may provide configuration information (shown as config. Info.) to the UE. For example, the BS may provide the configuration information via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, medium Access Control (MAC) signaling (e.g., MAC control element (MAC-CE)), or the like. As further shown, the configuration information may identify a measurement configuration. For example, the measurement configuration may identify a measurement gap pattern for measurement of the UE. In some aspects, the BS may provide the measurement configuration in RRC parameters (such as measConfig parameters, etc.). Measurement configuration one or more measurement gaps 320 (sometimes abbreviated as MG) may be configured. The UE may perform measurements in measurement gaps, such as RRM measurements, positioning measurements, and the like. The UE may not be expected to receive or transmit communications other than the reference signal in the measurement gap. In some aspects, the measurement gap may be associated with a retuning gap at the beginning and/or end of the measurement gap such that the UE may tune to and/or tune from the appropriate frequency and/or bandwidth to make the measurement.

The measurement gap 320 may be associated with a Measurement Gap Length (MGL) as shown at 330. In some aspects, the MGL may be based at least in part on a frequency range associated with the measurement. In other aspects, the MGL may be independent of the frequency range. The MGL may have a configurable length of, for example, 1.5ms, 3ms, 3.5ms, 4ms, 5.5ms, or 6ms. In some aspects, the MGL may be configured to be longer than 6ms. For example, the MGL may be configured in the range of 10ms to 40ms, or even longer.

Measurement gap 320 may be offset from the reference point by a Measurement Gap Offset (MGO) shown at 340. Here, the reference point is a slot associated with a System Frame Number (SFN) 0. The MGO may be indicated in configuration information shown at reference numeral 310. As indicated by reference numeral 350, the measurement gap 320 may be repeated according to a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (MGRP). The MGRP may be in the range of 20ms to 160ms, but other values may be used. For example, if a measurement gap is associated with an MGL of greater than 20ms, the corresponding MGRP may be configured to be greater than 160ms.

In some aspects, a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) pattern of measurement configurations (e.g., MGO, MGL, MGRP, etc.) may be based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor (CSSF). CSSF is a mechanism for monitoring multiple layers and/or measurement objects and relaxing measurement performance requirements. For example, the CSSF may identify how to extend the measurement delay of the various frequency layers (e.g., based at least in part on a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) based radio resource management measurement timing configuration window (SMTC) window associated with the measurement configuration). The SMTC window may indicate to the UE when to expect SSBs from BS 110.

As further shown, the configuration information may identify a reporting configuration. The reporting configuration may indicate how the UE reports measurement information to the BS. For example, the reporting configuration may identify reporting conditions (e.g., event-triggered reporting, periodic reporting, event-triggered periodic reporting, etc.) of the UE.

As shown by reference numeral 360, the BS may transmit information indicating one or more measurement objects to the UE. The measurement object may identify parameters for performing a specific measurement, such as a carrier frequency to be monitored, a reference signal on which a measurement is to be performed, a frequency/time position of the reference signal, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the reference signal, a type of measurement to be performed, and the like. In some aspects, information indicative of one or more measurement objects may be provided as part of or in association with configuration information shown at reference numeral 310. In some aspects, information indicative of one or more measurement objects may be provided separately from the configuration information shown at reference numeral 310. In some aspects, the measurement object may be linked to a reporting configuration. For example, the UE may receive information indicating that a measurement object is associated with a reporting configuration, and may perform reporting of measurements associated with the measurement object according to the associated reporting configuration. In some aspects, a set of measurement objects may indicate whether a set of measurements indicated by the set of objects is to be performed concurrently (e.g., in the same measurement gap).

As shown by reference numeral 370, the BS may transmit a reference signal. The reference signals described herein may include, for example, channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS), PRSs, SSBs, and the like. The UE may perform measurements on the reference signal according to the measurement configuration and a measurement object associated with the reference signal. As indicated by reference numeral 380, the UE can transmit a measurement report based at least in part on the measurement reference signal. For example, if the reference signal satisfies a reporting condition indicated by the reporting configuration, the UE may transmit a measurement report indicated by the reporting condition.

In some deployments, each measurement gap can only configure a UE with a single measurement object. Thus, such UEs can only perform one type of measurement given a measurement gap. For example, the UE may be allowed to perform RRM measurements on a first frequency in a first measurement gap, RRM measurements on a second frequency in a second measurement gap, positioning measurements in a third measurement gap, and so on. Such distribution of measurements across measurement gaps may introduce significant delays and may bottleneck measurements that the UE may perform, which may be particularly problematic in scenarios where the complexity of the UE's measurement scheduling increases and longer measurement gaps (e.g., 10ms and beyond) are configured.

The techniques and apparatuses described herein enable a UE to perform multiple measurements in a single measurement gap. For example, the UE may be configured with a plurality of measurement objects indicating measurements to be performed in a single measurement gap. The measurements may be associated with different frequencies and/or different bandwidths. If measurements to be performed in a single measurement gap are associated with different frequencies and/or bandwidths, UE 120 may insert a retuning gap between the measurements to be performed, as described elsewhere herein. Thus, the measurement efficiency of the UE is improved, which reduces the delay associated with such measurements and the UE and BS resource consumption associated with facilitating measurements over a longer time window associated with a single measurement gap.

As noted above, fig. 3 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from the example described with respect to fig. 3.

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of a configuration and measurements with multiple measurements in a measurement gap according to the present disclosure. As shown, example 400 includes UE 120 and BS 110.

As indicated by reference numeral 410, UE 120 may transmit capability information to BS 110. For example, UE 120 may transmit the capability information as UE capability information or the like. As further shown, the capability information may indicate whether UE 120 is capable of performing multiple measurements in a measurement gap. For example, the capability information may indicate the number of measurements that UE 120 may perform in a measurement gap. As another example, the capability information may indicate a number of measurements that UE 120 may perform in a measurement gap of a given length. As yet another example, the capability information may indicate a number of different types of measurements that UE 120 may perform in a measurement gap (e.g., one RRM measurement and one positioning measurement, two RRM metrics associated with different frequencies and/or bandwidths, etc.). As yet another example, the capability information may indicate whether a retuning gap is provided between two measurement or reference signals (e.g., the capability information may indicate whether the UE requires additional retuning time between two different signals). In some aspects, the capability information may be band-specific. For example, the capability information may indicate whether UE 120 is capable of taking multiple measurements in a measurement gap on a given frequency band. In some aspects, the capability information may be band-specific to the combination of bands. For example, the capability information may indicate whether UE 120 is capable of performing a first measurement on a first frequency band and a second measurement on a second frequency band for one or more combinations of the first frequency band and the second frequency band.

One type of measurement may include, for example, synchronization Signal (SS) reference signal received power (SS-RSRP), channel State Information (CSI) RSRP (CSI-RSRP), SS reference signal received quality (SS-RSRQ), CSI-RSRQ, SS signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) (SS-SINR), CSI-SINR, UE Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing for cell frames for UE positioning of evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), UE GNSS code measurements, UE GNS carrier phase measurements, wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) RSSI, reference Signal Time Difference (RSTD) for E-UTRA, UE GNSS code measurements, UE-to-UE carrier phase measurements, UE-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) signal to interference plus noise ratio (SS-rsq) signal to interference plus signal strength Ratio (RS) signal to interference plus (RS signal to interference plus RS signal to RS SFN and Frame Timing Difference (SFTD), E-UTRA RSRP, E-UTRA RSRQ, E-UTRA Reference Signal (RS) SINR (RS-SINR), SS RSRP (SS-SRSPB) per branch, sounding RS (SRS) RSRP (SRS-RSRP), cross-link interference (CLI) RSSI (CLI-RSSI), RSSI, physical side-chain broadcast channel (PSBCH) RSRP, physical side-chain shared channel (PSSCH) RSRP, physical side-chain control channel (PSCCH) RSRP, side-chain RSSI, side-chain Channel Busy Ratio (CBR), side-chain channel occupancy (CR), downlink Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) RSRP, downlink RSTD, uplink receive transmit time difference, SS RS antenna relative phase, UTRA Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) common pilot channel (CPICH) Received Signal Code Power (RSCP), UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) FDD carrier RSSI, UTRA FDD CPICH received energy versus noise density (Ec/No), SSS transmit power, uplink relative arrival time, base station received transmit time difference, uplink angle of arrival, uplink SRS RSRP, etc. An "RRM measurement" may include one or more of the above-described types of measurements.

BS 110 may provide configuration information to UE 120 as indicated by reference numeral 420. Configuration information is described in more detail in connection with reference numeral 310 of fig. 3. In some aspects, the configuration information may be based at least in part on the capability information. For example, BS 110 may determine configuration information (e.g., MGL, MGRP, etc.) based at least in part on the capability information. More specifically, if a retuning gap is to be provided between a first measurement and a second measurement of the measurement gaps, BS 110 may determine the retuning gap based at least in part on the capability information. For example, BS 110 may determine the retuning gap based at least in part on whether the capability information indicates that UE 120 requested the retuning gap, based at least in part on a requested length of the retuning gap, based at least in part on a capability associated with a frequency band or combination of frequency bands associated with the first measurement and the second measurement, and so on.

In some aspects, UE 120 and/or BS 110 may determine a maximum number of measurements to perform in a measurement gap. For example, the maximum number of measurements may be based at least in part on the duration of the measurement gap (e.g., according to the duration of the measurement gap). In some aspects, BS 110 may determine a maximum number of measurements (e.g., based at least in part on capability information, traffic conditions at BS 110, etc.), and may signal information indicating the maximum number of measurements to UE 120. In some aspects, BS 110 may determine the maximum number of measurements based at least in part on a duration of SMTC for UE 120, based at least in part on an expected duration of CSI-RS or PRS associated with the measurement gap, and/or the like. For example, if SMTC is longer, the maximum number of measurements may be reduced, and vice versa.

In some aspects, UE 120 may store information indicating a maximum number of measurements. For example, the maximum number of measurements may be preconfigured (e.g., based at least in part on a wireless communication specification, by a manufacturer or service provider of UE 120, etc.). As an example, the maximum number of measurements may be 2 measurements in a measurement gap of 6ms for MGL or 3 measurements in a measurement gap of 10ms for MGL.

In some aspects, BS 110 or UE 120 may adjust CSSF based at least in part on the capability information. For example, UE 120 and/or BS 110 may determine the modified CSSF based at least in part on whether UE 120 may perform multiple measurements within a measurement gap. More specifically, if UE 120 may perform multiple measurements within a measurement gap, UE 120 and/or BS 110 may reduce the delay associated with CSSF. Accordingly, UE 120 and/or BS 110 may reduce latency associated with measurement operations of UE 120, thereby saving processing and communication resources of UE 120 and BS 110.

BS 110 may provide a set of measurement objects to UE 120, as indicated by reference numeral 430. As further shown, the set of measurement objects may indicate that a plurality of measurements are performed in a measurement gap. In some aspects, the set of measurement objects may explicitly indicate that a plurality of measurements are to be performed in a measurement gap. For example, a set of measurement objects may map a plurality of measurements to time/frequency resources associated with reference signals transmitted in a measurement gap. In some aspects, UE 120 may determine to perform multiple measurements in a measurement gap. For example, UE 120 may assign the measurement object to a reference signal in the measurement gap (e.g., based at least in part on the configuration of UE 120).

BS 110 may transmit a reference signal to UE 120 as indicated by reference numeral 440. For example, BS 110 may transmit reference signals in configured measurement gaps of UE 120. As indicated by reference numeral 450, UE 120 may perform a plurality of measurements in the measurement gap. For example, UE 120 may perform a plurality of measurements based at least in part on the set of measurement objects indicated by reference numeral 430. In some aspects, UE 120 may perform the plurality of measurements based at least in part on a retune gap between the plurality of measurements, as described elsewhere herein. In some aspects, the plurality of measurements may include two or more types of measurements. As indicated by reference numeral 460, UE 120 may send a measurement report based at least in part on the plurality of measurements. The measurement report may include measurement information determined based at least in part on the first measurement and/or the second measurement. As further shown, BS 110 may receive measurement reports. The transmission of measurement reports is described in more detail in connection with fig. 3. In some aspects, UE 120 may perform another action, such as RRM-related actions, synchronization, etc., based at least in part on the plurality of measurements.

In this way, UE 120 may perform multiple measurements in the measurement gap (e.g., according to multiple measurement objects associated with the measurement gap). By performing multiple measurements in the measurement gaps, UE 120 saves processing and communication resources that would otherwise be used to perform multiple measurements in the multiple measurement gaps.

As noted above, fig. 4 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from the example described with respect to fig. 4.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of multiple measurements within a measurement gap 500 according to the present disclosure. Measurement gap 500 is a graphical representation of a measurement gap (e.g., measurement gap 320) in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs multiple measurements in accordance with the present disclosure. As shown, measurement gap 500 is associated with an MGL of X ms, where X includes any value of the length of the MGL described elsewhere herein. As shown, measurement gap 500 includes a first measurement (here, RRM measurement over a smaller bandwidth) shown at 510 and a second measurement (here, positioning measurement over a larger bandwidth than RRM measurement) shown at 520. UE 120 may be configured to perform the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the respective measurement objects, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. In some aspects, the first measurement and the second measurement may be different types of measurements. In some aspects, the first measurement and the second measurement may be the same type of measurement.

As further shown, measurement gap 500 includes retune gaps 530 and 540. The retuning gap 530 may be used for the UE to tune from the communication frequency and bandwidth to the frequency and bandwidth associated with the first measurement and from the frequency and bandwidth associated with the second measurement, respectively. The retuning gap 540 may provide time for the UE to tune from the frequency and bandwidth associated with the first measurement to the frequency and bandwidth associated with the second measurement, as described elsewhere herein. The measurement gap 500 may not include the retuning gap 540 if the first and second measurements have the same frequency and bandwidth, or if the UE is able to perform the first and second measurements without retuning gaps (e.g., based at least in part on the capabilities of the UE 120 indicated by the capability information). In some aspects, the retuning gap 540 may be based at least in part on a time offset from the start of the MGL (such as a time offset of T ms), as shown.

Although two measurements are shown in measurement gap 500, in some aspects measurement gap 500 may include a different number of measurements. For example, UE 120 may be configured to perform Y measurements in a gap, where Y is an integer.

As noted above, fig. 5 is provided as an example. Other examples may be different from the example described with respect to FIG. 5

Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example process 600 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with the present disclosure. Example process 600 is an example in which a UE (e.g., UE 120) performs operations associated with sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions.

As shown in fig. 6, in some aspects, process 600 may include: configuration information is received that configures measurement gaps for a UE (block 610). For example, the UE (e.g., using antennas 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller/processor 280, and/or memory 282) may receive configuration information configuring measurement gaps for the UE, as described above.

As further shown in fig. 6, in some aspects, process 600 may include: a first measurement and a second measurement are performed in a measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements (block 620). For example, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, demodulator 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller/processor 280, and/or memory 282) may perform the first measurement and the second measurement in a measurement gap, where the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements, as described above.

As further shown in fig. 6, in some aspects, process 600 may include: measurement information is transmitted based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement (block 630). For example, the UE (e.g., using antenna 252, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, modulator 254, controller/processor 280, and/or memory 282) may transmit the measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement, as described above.

Process 600 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and/or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

In a first aspect, a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 600 includes: the retuning operation is performed in the time slot.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the process 600 includes: capability information is transmitted indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap.

In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first and second measurements.

In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through fourth aspects, the process 600 includes: a set of measurement objects configuring the first measurement and the second measurement is received, wherein the set of measurement objects indicates whether the first measurement and the second measurement are to be performed concurrently.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first through seventh aspects, the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of: the radio resource management measurement timing based on the synchronization signal block configures the duration of the window, the duration associated with the channel state information reference signal for performing the first measurement or the second measurement, or the duration associated with the positioning reference signal for performing the first measurement or the second measurement.

In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, performing the first and second measurements is based at least in part on a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

In a tenth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to ninth aspects, the maximum number of measurements is identified by stored information of the UE.

In an eleventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to tenth aspects, performing the first and second measurements is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on the UE being able to perform multiple measurements within a measurement gap.

In a twelfth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eleventh aspects, the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

While fig. 6 shows example blocks of process 600, in some aspects process 600 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged in a different manner than those depicted in fig. 6. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 600 may be performed in parallel.

Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example process 700 performed, for example, by a base station, in accordance with the present disclosure. The example process 700 is an example in which a base station (e.g., the base station 110) performs operations associated with sharing measurement gaps for multiple functions.

As shown in fig. 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include: configuration information is sent that configures measurement gaps for the UE (block 710). For example, a base station (e.g., using transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, controller/processor 240, memory 242, and/or scheduler 246) may transmit configuration information for configuring measurement gaps for the UE, as described above.

As further shown in fig. 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include: a set of measurement objects is transmitted indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are performed in a measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements (block 720). For example, a base station (e.g., using transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, modulator 232, antenna 234, controller/processor 240, memory 242, and/or scheduler 246) may transmit a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in a measurement gap, where the first measurement and the second measurement are of different types of measurements, as described above.

As further shown in fig. 7, in some aspects, process 700 may include: measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement is received (block 730). For example, the base station (e.g., using antenna 234, demodulator 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller/processor 240, and/or memory 242) may receive measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement, as described above.

Process 700 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and/or in conjunction with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.

In a first aspect, a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

In a second aspect, alone or in combination with the first aspect, the process 700 includes: capability information is received indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap, wherein the configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information.

In a third aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first and second aspects, the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first and second measurements.

In a fourth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to third aspects, the set of measurement objects indicates whether the first and second measurements are to be performed concurrently based at least in part on the capability information.

In a fifth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fourth aspects, the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

In a sixth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to fifth aspects, the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

In a seventh aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to sixth aspects, the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of: the radio resource management measurement timing based on the synchronization signal block configures the duration of the window, the duration associated with the channel state information reference signal for performing the first measurement or the second measurement, or the duration associated with the positioning reference signal for performing the first measurement or the second measurement.

In an eighth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more aspects of the first to seventh aspects, the set of measurement objects is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on the UE being able to perform a plurality of measurements within a measurement gap.

In a ninth aspect, alone or in combination with one or more of the first to eighth aspects, the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

While fig. 7 shows example blocks of process 700, in some aspects process 700 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or blocks arranged in a different manner than those depicted in fig. 7. Additionally or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 700 may be performed in parallel.

The following provides a summary of some aspects of the disclosure:

aspect 1: a method of wireless communication performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising: receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and transmitting measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

Aspect 2: the method of one or more of the previous aspects, wherein a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

Aspect 3: the method of aspect 2, further comprising: a retuning operation is performed in the time slot.

Aspect 4: the method according to one or more of the previous aspects, further comprising: capability information is sent indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap.

Aspect 5: the method of aspect 4, wherein the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first measurement and the second measurement.

Aspect 6: the method according to one or more of the previous aspects, further comprising: a set of measurement objects configuring the first measurement and the second measurement is received, wherein the set of measurement objects indicates whether the first measurement and the second measurement are to be performed concurrently.

Aspect 7: the method of one or more of the previous aspects, wherein the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

Aspect 8: the method of aspect 7, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

Aspect 9: the method of aspect 7, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of: a duration of a radio resource management measurement timing configuration window based on a synchronization signal block, a duration associated with a channel state information reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, or a duration associated with a positioning reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement.

Aspect 10: the method of one or more of the previous aspects, wherein performing the first measurement and the second measurement is based at least in part on a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

Aspect 11: the method of aspect 10, wherein the maximum number of measurements is identified by stored information of the UE.

Aspect 12: the method of one or more of the previous aspects, wherein performing the first measurement and the second measurement is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on the UE being able to perform a plurality of measurements within the measurement gap.

Aspect 13: the method according to one or more of the previous aspects, wherein the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

Aspect 14: a method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising: transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE; transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and receiving measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

Aspect 15: the method of aspect 14, wherein a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

Aspect 16: the method of one or more of aspects 14 or 15, further comprising: capability information is received indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap, wherein the configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information.

Aspect 17: the method of aspect 16, wherein the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first measurement and the second measurement.

Aspect 18: the method of aspect 16, wherein the set of measurement objects indicates whether to perform the first measurement and the second measurement concurrently based at least in part on the capability information.

Aspect 19: the method of one or more of aspects 14-18, wherein the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

Aspect 20: the method of aspect 19, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

Aspect 21: the method of aspect 19, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of: a duration of a radio resource management measurement timing configuration window based on a synchronization signal block, a duration associated with a channel state information reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, or a duration associated with a positioning reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement.

Aspect 22: the method of one or more of aspects 14-21, wherein the set of measurement objects is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on the UE being capable of performing a plurality of measurements within the measurement gap.

Aspect 23: the method of one or more of the aspects 14-22, wherein the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

Aspect 24: an apparatus for wireless communication at a device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform the method according to one or more of aspects 1-23.

Aspect 25: an apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-23.

Aspect 26: an apparatus for wireless communication, comprising at least one unit for performing the method of one or more of aspects 1-23.

Aspect 27: a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-23.

Aspect 28: a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform the method of one or more of aspects 1-23.

The foregoing disclosure provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the aspects to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure or may be acquired from practice of the various aspects.

As used herein, the term "component" is intended to be broadly interpreted as hardware and/or a combination of hardware and software. Whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or other names, should be broadly interpreted to mean instructions, instruction sets, code segments, program code, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, and/or functions, and other examples. As used herein, a processor is implemented in hardware and/or a combination of hardware and software. It will be apparent that the systems and/or methods described herein may be implemented in various forms of hardware and/or combinations of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement the systems and/or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operations and behavior of the systems and/or methods were described without reference to the specific software code-it being understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based at least in part on the description herein.

As used herein, satisfying a threshold may refer to a value greater than a threshold, greater than or equal to a threshold, less than or equal to a threshold, not equal to a threshold, etc., depending on the context.

Even if specific combinations of features are recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification, such combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of the various aspects. Indeed, many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each of the dependent claims listed below may rely solely on one claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes the combination of each dependent claim with each other claim of the set of claims. As used herein, a phrase referring to "at least one of a list of items" refers to any combination of those items, including individual members. For example, "at least one of a, b, or c" is intended to encompass a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination of multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a-a, a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b-b, b-c, c-c, and c-c, or any other ordering of a, b, and c).

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Furthermore, as used herein, the articles "a" and "an" are intended to include one or more items, and may be used interchangeably with "one or more". Furthermore, as used herein, the article "the" is intended to include one or more items recited in conjunction with the article "the" and may be used interchangeably with "one or more". Furthermore, as used herein, the terms "set" and "group" are intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, or a combination of related and unrelated items), and are used interchangeably with "one or more. Where only one item is contemplated, the phrase "only one" or similar language is used. Further, as used herein, the terms "having", and the like are intended to be open terms. Furthermore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, the phrase "based on" is intended to mean "based, at least in part, on". Furthermore, as used herein, the term "or" when used in a series is intended to be inclusive and, unless explicitly stated otherwise (e.g., if used in conjunction with "either" or "only one of," etc.), is used interchangeably with "and/or" as used herein.

Claims (30)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE;

performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and

measurement information is sent based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

a retuning operation is performed in the time slot.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

capability information is sent indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first measurement and the second measurement.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

a set of measurement objects configuring the first measurement and the second measurement is received, wherein the set of measurement objects indicates whether the first measurement and the second measurement are to be performed concurrently.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of:

the radio resource management based on the synchronization signal block measures the duration of the timing configuration window,

a duration associated with a channel state information reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, or

A duration associated with a positioning reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein performing the first and second measurements is based at least in part on a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the maximum number of measurements is identified by stored information of the UE.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein performing the first and second measurements is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on the UE being capable of performing multiple measurements within the measurement gap.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

Transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE;

transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and

measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement is received.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

capability information is received indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap, wherein the configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first measurement and the second measurement.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the set of measurement objects indicates whether to perform the first measurement and the second measurement concurrently based at least in part on the capability information.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the configuration information indicates a maximum number of measurements that can be performed in the measurement gap.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on a length of the measurement gap.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the maximum number of measurements is based at least in part on at least one of:

the radio resource management based on the synchronization signal block measures the duration of the timing configuration window,

a duration associated with a channel state information reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, or

A duration associated with a positioning reference signal used to perform the first measurement or the second measurement.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the set of measurement objects is based at least in part on a carrier-specific scaling factor that is adjusted based at least in part on a plurality of measurements that the UE is capable of performing within the measurement gap.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first measurement is a radio resource management measurement and the second measurement is a positioning measurement.

24. A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE;

performing a first measurement and a second measurement in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and

measurement information is sent based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement.

25. The method of claim 24, in which a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

a retuning operation is performed in the time slot.

27. A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus of a base station, comprising:

transmitting configuration information configuring a measurement gap for the UE;

transmitting a set of measurement objects indicating that a first measurement and a second measurement are to be performed in the measurement gap, wherein the first measurement and the second measurement are different types of measurements; and

measurement information based at least in part on the first measurement or the second measurement is received.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein a time gap is provided between the first measurement and the second measurement based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement being associated with different bandwidths or different frequencies.

29. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

capability information is received indicating that the UE supports performing multiple measurements of different types in a single measurement gap, wherein the configuration information is based at least in part on the capability information.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the capability information indicates whether to configure a time gap between the first measurement and the second measurement.

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